On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 03:44:31PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 03:14:09PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > >>> -The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from > >>> -the 'git patch-id' program. > >>> +The diffs are compared with their diff id (sha1) calculated after removing > >>> +any whitespace and line numbers (similar but not necessarily identical > >>> +to 'patch id', obtained from the 'git patch-id' program). > >> > >> The hash used internally is just an implementation detail, so maybe this > >> sentence could just be dropped? > > > > I think the fact whitespace is ignored is relevant to users, no? > > We probably should drop talking about hash here. > > Ah, good point. So, something like the following, then? > > Whitespace and line numbers are ignored when comparing the diffs, > similarly to linkgit:git-patch-id[1]. > > Maybe some other wording would make it clearer that we are not using > "git diff -w" output. See v2 that I sent, maybe that's clear enough. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html